Enjoying the fall!

Love this season and it's bringing about good things!
Aside from the (stupid!) kidney stone, Fred is doing great. Looks like he will return to work in a little over two weeks, as far as his orthopedist is concerned. He saw the urologist this week also and he wants a repeat kidney x-ray next week to see if the stone has moved. (Give me a break! Great way to waste a week!) If miraculously the stone is still in the kidney, he will then talk about laser treatment.
Sophia got her first pair of glasses today and she LOVES them! She is such a doll. She was talking to me in the reception room while we waited today about how she can't wait to teach her baby sister to be just like her. : ) (God help us if she talks as much!!)
Referrals came in on Monday and they have matched families with babies who were logged in up to August 9th of last year. Again, we are August 24th!! (Picture me pulling my hair out!!)
Hopefully, next month will be for us!! We have sent in our check and request for an appointment to have our FBI fingerprints redone and I have to contact our social worker and let her know that we have to update our Home Study. Once that's done, I have to send a copy along with another check (!) to Immigration to update that paperwork also. All of this, because everything will probably expire about one month before we complete our journey to China. I also got motivated and spent Sunday working on the nursery again. Got everything hung on the walls, curtains finished and painted two big wooden peg shelves. Have to distress them and get them hung. I even broke out the power tools. (we won't talk about how I repaired my "mistake" holes in the wall!!) Anyway, I am pleased with how it's looking, just have to find a nice area rug and hang her chinese lantern.
I'll be in Vegas by myself this coming week for a Hygiene course at LVI~http://www.lvilive.com. Although, i'll be in class all day, i'm looking forward to relaxing in the evening. I have a 600 sq. foot room with a nice jacuzzi tub, two good books to bring along and there's a wine store in the hotel/casino! After the past two months, I think it will be nice to relax a bit while knowing that Fred has recovered nicely and Sophia is just a happy kid!!
Great big "Thank You" to all of our family, friends and neighbors that have been such a tremendous help and my lifesavers during this time! You're the best!